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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Now, there is no problem in being bold on screen, especially when you
have an 'Adults Only' tag to bank on. But the question is how do you
define “boldness”?
By doping like there is no tomorrow, adding expletives in every line,
showing women (and not to forget men) in skimpy outfits or with the
mandatory shootouts involving dumb gangsters? All these can be useful in
the process but even then, the basic requirement for a decent
entertainer is an engaging narration. And that's exactly where debutant
director Vinay Govind's Kili Poyi falters. Yes, am talking about 'U/A' certified movie 'Kili Poyi'.
After watching this film

any ones kili poyo?
Chacko (Asif Ali) and Hari (Aju Varghese) are two lazy youngsters, who
are desperately looking for a break from their toil at the office and
most importantly from their ruthless boss, Radhika (Sandra Thomas).
The two go for a trip to Goa citing some flimsy reason at the office to
have some naughty fun. The duo try everything that they are looking for,
from beaches, women, booze to drugs. And as it happens in most stories,
they get a bag full of cocaine by mistake and their troubles start from
then on.
Evidently inspired from the Harold & Kumar series, Delhi Belly and
several other films already made in a variety of languages, Kili
Poyiends up not even interesting as the 1991 Malayalam comedy Mimics
Parade that narrated an almost similar theme. With nothing much
happening on the story front, the focus is to keep the viewers hooked
with some mad actions and dialogues.
To make things exciting, the makers have resorted to an easy trick,
which is a common practice in Malayalam these days. They have added some
superb comedy scenes from yesteryear hits like Boeing Boeing, Nadodikkaattu, Pattanapravesham and Akkare Akkare Akkare to spice up the mood.
In all fairness, scenarists Joseph Kurian, Vivek Ranjith and director
Vinay Govind have made things look chic with some superb visuals by
Pradeesh Varma and nice music by Rahul Raj. Though there are some
interesting moments here and there, in the whole the effort by the team
is only partly successful.
One of the main drawbacks of the film is the performance of the film's
cast. Asif Ali, who has never made a real impression as an actor, is
this time better when compared to Aju Varghese's pretty ordinary show.
And that is no great reason to be happy about.
Sandra Thomas could easily win the award for the worst performance by an
actress on Malayalam screen during recent times. The rest of the cast
including Sampath, Sreejith Ravi and Ravindran try everything to add to
the buffoonery.
But then it is indeed startling that of late, the jokes in Malayalam
movies are mainly limited to booze, infidelity, expletives and sex,
which are aimed perhaps at a section of the 'pseudo-urbanized' minority.
Here things go even further with the two leads and all their friends
smoking pot like having another glass of tea.
Even with the 'A' certificate, Kili Poyi is mostly offensive and perhaps
aimed at those who think perversion is fun. That is all about
individual preferences but here, the film is far from exciting!